A work that captures the irresistible atmosphere of a boy setting foot for the first time in Albirex Niigata’s home stadium, “Big Swan Stadium,” and a woman you can’t help but want to cheer for. The momentum radiating from the stadium and the players becomes like a wind that draws the two of them in. By asking the cameraman to use a special lens, we attempted to express the “sense of tension, strangeness, and anticipation” felt by first-time visitors.

We produced a 5-second ad to accompany the rebranding of NNN, the news site of the Nippon Television Network. The first half depicts the internet, where various news stories flash by at a dizzying pace, while the second half expresses a movement toward a future filled with light.

I participated in and created this work for the logo movie project “Hulu IDs” for the U.S. version of the streaming service Hulu. I aimed to create an animation style that was energetic and exciting above all else. The music was made together with a friend I have worked with since my student days. As for the singing, I wanted to create a Japanese song that people overseas could enjoy too, so I chose Japanese words whose pronunciation I found appealing, regardless of their meaning, and arranged them to fit the melody. Paper drawing (brush pen, Copic markers, watercolor) After Effects (Adobe) Photoshop (Adobe) CLIP STUDIO PAINT (used on iPad for sketching)